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bret: that's it for the panel. stay tuned for what could be another messaging problem for president obama. . . >> finally tonight, we showed you earlier town hall meetings and while there are questions and comments from all sides, pro and con. many people were seen in these videos expressing deep concerns about impending health care reform legislation. judging by the reception president obama is getting to his recent sales jobs efforts could be a long august for the administration. >> first of all, nobody is talking about some government take over of health care. >> nobody is talking about reducing medicare benefits. >> nobody is talking about you forcing to have to change your plans. >> this money is not being wasted. >> just tell your mom nobody's messing with her doctor. >> you know a sales pitch is in trouble when you say look, you have got to trust me. we are not going to kill your grandparents. >> that's it for "special report" this time. the only place you will get the wholeto
bret: that's it for the panel. stay tuned for what could be another messaging problem for president obama. . . >> finally tonight, we showed you earlier town hall meetings and while there are questions and comments from all sides, pro and con. many people were seen in these videos expressing deep concerns about impending health care reform legislation. judging by the reception president obama is getting to his recent sales jobs efforts could be a long august for the administration....
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i'm bret baier. president obama's push to speed healthcare reform through congress has hit plenty of speed bumps this summer. today, the white house was trying to regroup in some pretty fast company. senior white house correspondent major garrett reports one option on the table, going it alone. >> president obama celebrated all things nascar with last year's sprint cup champion, jimmie johnson, and even his aides say his healthcare package isn't stalled and can still be won. >> the discussion is not over. >> house minority whip eric cantor agrees the debate is not over but says the president is spinning his wheels. >> what i really see right now is a white house in chaos over healthcare. >> mr. obama's chief of staff, rahm emanuel, told "the new york times" today the republican leadership believes killing healthcare is, quote, more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that americans face every day. the president agrees republican leaders are trying to stloa s
i'm bret baier. president obama's push to speed healthcare reform through congress has hit plenty of speed bumps this summer. today, the white house was trying to regroup in some pretty fast company. senior white house correspondent major garrett reports one option on the table, going it alone. >> president obama celebrated all things nascar with last year's sprint cup champion, jimmie johnson, and even his aides say his healthcare package isn't stalled and can still be won. >> the...
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bret. bret: david lee miller live in boston. this weekend, fox news channel will have continuing coverage of senator ted kennedy's funeral, the funeral mass will be covered with shepard smith and then his burial at arlg arlington national cemetery anchored by chris wallace this saturday as the tributes continue to the late senator kennedy. the big question in massachusetts is who is going to replace the senator, and how will that person be chosen? chief political correspondent carl cameron tells us both answers are very much up in the air. >> when ted kennedy's he terminal brain cancer was first disclosed a year ago, the race for his seat quietly began. in boston, officials are already planning a statewide special election for december or january, are but before then, democrats on beacon hill man to quickly change state law so an interim senator can be appointed in the meantime. the odds-on favorite is paul kirk, a long-time kennedy aide. he was national democratic party chairman in the '80's and chairs the kennedy library found
bret. bret: david lee miller live in boston. this weekend, fox news channel will have continuing coverage of senator ted kennedy's funeral, the funeral mass will be covered with shepard smith and then his burial at arlg arlington national cemetery anchored by chris wallace this saturday as the tributes continue to the late senator kennedy. the big question in massachusetts is who is going to replace the senator, and how will that person be chosen? chief political correspondent carl cameron...
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i'm he bret baier. senator edward kennedy is being remembered are today as an iconic larger than life figure who was the anchor of america's first family of politics. kennedy died tuesday night at his cape cod home a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. it was the final chapter in a he very public and often troubled life. >> at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. >> not by his own choosing, edward kennedy became the surrogate patriarch of a political dynasty, his life a series of triumphs an losses, all positions prominently in the public eye. he was the youngest of nine children, and by the early 1960's, the kennedy family had become american royalty. john was president. bobby, attorney general, and teddy, as he was affectionately called, was elected to the u.s. senate. assassins' bullets stole john and bobby away, leaving him al hone to shoulder the burden of a grieving family. >> those of us who loved him and have t
i'm he bret baier. senator edward kennedy is being remembered are today as an iconic larger than life figure who was the anchor of america's first family of politics. kennedy died tuesday night at his cape cod home a little more than a year after being diagnosed with brain cancer. it was the final chapter in a he very public and often troubled life. >> at the end of our journey and always before us shines that ideal of liberty and justice for all. >> not by his own choosing, edward...
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i'm bret baier. even though they are the minority party, republicans figure prominently in president obama's healthcare reform message today. the president signaled a growing impatience with the g.o.p. amid continued talk that frustrated democrats may try to ram through legislation however they can. here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> in his first appearance on a radio talk show broadcast from the white house and in a town hall later with grassroots supporters, president obama accused republicans of plotting their return to power through the graveyard of healthcare reform. >> early on, a decision was made by the republican leadership that said, look, let's not give them a victory. maybe we can have a replay of 1993, '94 when clinton came in. he failed on healthcare and then we won in the midterm elections and got the majority. later when talking to organizing for america loyalists, mr. obama said three senate loyalists may help negotiate a healthcare deal but he won't wait much
i'm bret baier. even though they are the minority party, republicans figure prominently in president obama's healthcare reform message today. the president signaled a growing impatience with the g.o.p. amid continued talk that frustrated democrats may try to ram through legislation however they can. here is senior white house correspondent major garrett. >> in his first appearance on a radio talk show broadcast from the white house and in a town hall later with grassroots supporters,...
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i want to bring in bret bair. this has caused a firestorm of controversy. this poll shows 59% of americans do not want the democrats to go it alone. there are reports that they may want to go it alone. robert gibbs is going to great lengths to knock this down. >> this is all about the public and private discussions to try to shore up the base for the administration. at the town hall meeting in colorado, the president, and then kathleen sebelius, suggested that the administration might be willing to go forward with an idea that does not include the public option. by the way, that is government run health insurance. that is the plan that is included on the table. if they were going to abandon that. that sent off a firestorm of reaction from the left. now we have a lead in "the new york times" -- senior officials say they might go alonone. it is conservative democrats in the house and senate that have a real problem with the public option. in this briefing, the white house robert gibbs is trying to back away from "the new york times" story. he says this is not
i want to bring in bret bair. this has caused a firestorm of controversy. this poll shows 59% of americans do not want the democrats to go it alone. there are reports that they may want to go it alone. robert gibbs is going to great lengths to knock this down. >> this is all about the public and private discussions to try to shore up the base for the administration. at the town hall meeting in colorado, the president, and then kathleen sebelius, suggested that the administration might be...
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martha: bret bair, this news, although everybody knew it was likely to be coming, it sinks in in many parts of the country, and is felt so strongly in washington. he and his family made civil rights the hallmarks of what he did. how is his loss felt where you are? >> there is outpouring of response from both sides of the ideal. when you look at his 36-year career, it's banned overtime presidencies. he authored or coauthored 2500 pieces of legislation. they were big pieces of legislation. as you mentioned, the civil rights legislation, title 9, cobra. some people say that you can measure a man by what his adversaries say about him. there are a lot of republicans who ideologically were diametrically opposed to senator ted kennedy who are coming out in droves today praising his career on the senate. we learned that former president george w. bush called mrs. vicky kennedy this morning and passed on their condolences. senator ted kennedy worked with president bush on a child left behind. most people you talk to in the senate said that despite being very liberal, very partisan, he was also
martha: bret bair, this news, although everybody knew it was likely to be coming, it sinks in in many parts of the country, and is felt so strongly in washington. he and his family made civil rights the hallmarks of what he did. how is his loss felt where you are? >> there is outpouring of response from both sides of the ideal. when you look at his 36-year career, it's banned overtime presidencies. he authored or coauthored 2500 pieces of legislation. they were big pieces of legislation....